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such a nice photo. damn though, i can't even put into words how ugly i find the complexe desjardins. in some fantasy world, all of those towers would be reclad with major color and fenestration changes, say, on the order of gehry's diller building in nyc. hoohoo, what a dream that would be, what a contrast.
The Complexe is Montreal's ugliest skyscraper collection, and though the street-level has been greatly improved in the last few years, it is simply not enough to fix this momentous urban error.
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^ it wouldn't be so bad if it had progressively gotten lost among newer buildings. I'm totally cool with having it stand as a testament to its period, but only in contrast with other "period pieces" in close proximity. New York and other great cities have plenty of that going on.
But instead the complexe still stands quite isolated (depending on the angle), which makes its ugly uninspired postmodernism stand out, and makes this whole area of downtown look frozen in time. Unfortunate.
^ it wouldn't be so bad if it had progressively gotten lost among newer buildings. I'm totally cool with having it stand as a testament to its period, but only in contrast with other "period pieces" in close proximity. New York and other great cities have plenty of that going on.
But instead the complexe still stands quite isolated (depending on the angle), which makes its ugly uninspired postmodernism stand out, and makes this whole area of downtown look frozen in time. Unfortunate.
postmodernism ??? That building was erected in 1975, a few years before that movement began in the States. Complexe Desjardins has nothing postmodern about it. Not a trace.
postmodernism ??? That building was erected in 1975, a few years before that movement began in the States. Complexe Desjardins has nothing postmodern about it. Not a trace.
You're quite right, I was thinking international and typed postmodern instead.
I guess I was mentally picturing other buildings in close proximity and fixated on SNC Lavalin (which I find pretty bad too). Anyways my point was that this area will greatly benefit from having one newer building going up. A couple more would help freshen things up.
You're quite right, I was thinking international and typed postmodern instead.
I guess I was mentally picturing other buildings in close proximity and fixated on SNC Lavalin (which I find pretty bad too). Anyways my point was that this area will greatly benefit from having one newer building going up. A couple more would help freshen things up.
I think any brown coloured skyscraper that isn't brick deserves to be automatically catagorized as Brutalist.
René-Lévesque is too grey (and on the stubby side in this area) I predict that this slim blue tower will make a big difference. Only ~10 floors so far but it looks relatively close to the height of its neighbour (future Point Zero Hotel building) already.
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